I commit these banners to you as an officer, as a citizen of
Massachusetts, and as a personal friend — an officer firm and loyal, a citizen
faithful and patriotic, a friend in whom there is no guile — with a
satisfaction no words can express. And whatever fate may be before you, I know
that neither on the white stripes of the one flag nor the white field of the
other will there ever fall the slightest dishonor.
SOURCE: Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Memoir of William
Francis Bartlett, p. 96-7
No comments:
Post a Comment